He kills slowly…painfully. And in those final moments, his victim’s terror is matched only by his own pleasure in the kill. He is unstoppable, a ghost slipping through the cracks of society and choosing his victims with the utmost care. Now, she will be his greatest triumph. Helena Shea thinks she knows just how ugly life can be. A former model whose career was derailed by a scandalous affair and a public battle with drugs and alcohol, it’s taken years to fight her way back from oblivion.

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He kills slowly…painfully. And in those final moments, his victim’s terror is matched only by his own pleasure in the kill. He is unstoppable, a ghost slipping through the cracks of society and choosing his victims with the utmost care. Now, she will be his greatest triumph.

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